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beyond that, fema doesn't do squat. fema does not come and rescue you. if people think that, get it out of your head. when they dial 9-1-1, it goes to a local fire station or police station. if it's a really big crisis, i guarantee you the local fire station and that local police department is going to be overwhelmed within about 12 hours. mutual aid and people will start back filling everything else. the point -- i want you to remember this. 300 plus people. who's going to come save you? unless you have your own personal firefighters. you are on your own. you are going a wonderful, magnificent job. making people realize you have a personal responsibility. it's not just to the family and neighbors. it's also too the firefighters that will show up and try to rescue you. if you are not ready and you haven't done what you need to do to take care of yourselves and that firefighter gets hurt or killed trying to do his job to take care of you, shame on you. you should have been more ready. yes, ma'am? >> how many employees of fema? do they have offices all ove
beyond that, fema doesn't do squat. fema does not come and rescue you. if people think that, get it out of your head. when they dial 9-1-1, it goes to a local fire station or police station. if it's a really big crisis, i guarantee you the local fire station and that local police department is going to be overwhelmed within about 12 hours. mutual aid and people will start back filling everything else. the point -- i want you to remember this. 300 plus people. who's going to come save you?...
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so what i want to do is i want to separate the concept of fema responding versus fema be training and exercising and helping those at the state level government learn it. i think there's a great role in that response, in that respect. i started out this whole discussion about some of the people in this room. there's a lot of expertise at the federal level that state and locals don't reach out to because we have taken -- and this is an editorial comment, clearly, it's editorial -- because we have taken the whole concept of response and recovery of how we deal with disasters both natural and manmade, or i'll throw in terrorism, and we have allowed terrorism to permeate all of that. so it has become a clash of cultures, in my opinion, a culture that says we have to stop, stop, stop terrorism. at all costs, we stop any act of terrorism. that's well and good. you're going to fail. you will fail. because you cannot even if you have a place state, you cannot stop acts of terrorism. ask the chinese, ask the malaysians, ask anybody. i don't care what form of government you have, you cannot sto
so what i want to do is i want to separate the concept of fema responding versus fema be training and exercising and helping those at the state level government learn it. i think there's a great role in that response, in that respect. i started out this whole discussion about some of the people in this room. there's a lot of expertise at the federal level that state and locals don't reach out to because we have taken -- and this is an editorial comment, clearly, it's editorial -- because we...
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. >> dhs and fema with the black helicopters and the u.n masters are trying to establish a new world order with a one world government. >> you got me. what about the t ry-lateral commission. >> don't get me started. >> and i i don't -- >> is it called conspiracy? >> it is the quad raw lateral commission as far as i'm concerned. it has gotten that bad. >> it has. eco freaks mad at the beckhams for having four kids. i do agree that harper seven is a worse name than gallapagos freddy pinch face. the problem was it was a girl. if it was a boy you could have gone with that, but for a girl that would have been weird. second, i agree with you that population control is tierney 101. the so-called echo warriors are all part of fema's plan with their black helicopters and the harp and the u.n masters, and it is high time people like you started calling them out. >> how do you feel about the tri-lateral commission. >> don't get me started. >> i don't want you to keep harping on this because i don't want this to disappear. >> did you say harping? >> exactly. >> the employers check the social med
. >> dhs and fema with the black helicopters and the u.n masters are trying to establish a new world order with a one world government. >> you got me. what about the t ry-lateral commission. >> don't get me started. >> and i i don't -- >> is it called conspiracy? >> it is the quad raw lateral commission as far as i'm concerned. it has gotten that bad. >> it has. eco freaks mad at the beckhams for having four kids. i do agree that harper seven is a worse...
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currently fema's flood determinations are made independently by a fema adjustor allowing significant amount of room for subjectivity. i thank them for their flexibility but take a more formulated approach to flood events will provide increased certainty it our river communities. my amendment would also require fema to review the process for public -- providing for public notification of a flood event. when the missouri river started flooding earlier this summer fema was delinquent in reporting their flood in progress determination to the public. that determination was made june 1 but was not announced null june 6. for five days we had no way of knowing fema had made this determination, impacting policyholders and new homebuyers. we believe fema must look at the policies in place and make recommendations for a more objective and more precise determination process, along with public notification standards that will keep policyholders better informed. it's important to increase communication to the public. i encourage support of the amendment and yield back. thank you, madam chair. the
currently fema's flood determinations are made independently by a fema adjustor allowing significant amount of room for subjectivity. i thank them for their flexibility but take a more formulated approach to flood events will provide increased certainty it our river communities. my amendment would also require fema to review the process for public -- providing for public notification of a flood event. when the missouri river started flooding earlier this summer fema was delinquent in reporting...
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dollars to fema for businesses but hooking you up with other resources that fema was aware of. did it feel more like a scavenger hunt or was there a menu of available resources that you could draw upon immediately in the days after the disaster? >> senator, thank you. and that is a follow-on to a response to senator blunt. we believe that there are a number of resources out there in the fema private-sector side. part of the problem for business and for us is advocates for business is that we really don't know what those are. and i think the best example of that is, when you think about our community, when you think about the residents of the community and the businesses and business owners in the community there is a period of time in there where everyone is essentially in shock. everyone is working very hard to recover, but it is so overwhelming and there is so much information overload, that goes on, that when we go to a business we found very early on when we would get to a business and say what do you need? they would just. >> shrugged. >> yeah. they did not know exactly wh
dollars to fema for businesses but hooking you up with other resources that fema was aware of. did it feel more like a scavenger hunt or was there a menu of available resources that you could draw upon immediately in the days after the disaster? >> senator, thank you. and that is a follow-on to a response to senator blunt. we believe that there are a number of resources out there in the fema private-sector side. part of the problem for business and for us is advocates for business is that...
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regent 6, fema regent 6 had a liaison in our fema management center from almost day one and we had jfo up and running very quickly and money out on the streets very quickly. and the last disaster, although it took quite a while to get the declaration, we got it on a friday evening and by monday, we already had individual assistance money out on the streets. so i think that's important to note. with that, mr. chairman, i'll be happy to take any questions at the proper time. >> thank you. and is it mr. womack? >> usually i say womack but womack works too. >> womack, that's great. thank you. >> good afternoon, chairman pryor and ranking member paul and distinguished members of the committee, i've been a senior employee of the mississippi emergency management agency since 2002 and of my state's ability to respond to large scale events and the federal government's response capability. as you are aware, the state of mississippi was greatly impacted by tornadoes, severe storms and flooding that occurred in april and mississippi river flooding that occurred in may. mississippi received two fed
regent 6, fema regent 6 had a liaison in our fema management center from almost day one and we had jfo up and running very quickly and money out on the streets very quickly. and the last disaster, although it took quite a while to get the declaration, we got it on a friday evening and by monday, we already had individual assistance money out on the streets. so i think that's important to note. with that, mr. chairman, i'll be happy to take any questions at the proper time. >> thank you....
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she and others feel fema is looking for more money. >> it says, right on fema's website, you can go ahead and fight this but you must have your insurance in place while you do. >> reporter: wow. >> that's what it's all about revenue generation. >> reporter: fema says, not so. >> we have a few years like katrina that affect it, but if you disregard katrina which is a major event, on the average, the amount of money coming in equals the amount of money going out. >> reporter: but at the moment, fema's national flood insurance program is almost $20 billion in debt. while congress has extended the program until september of this year, there is an effort in washington to dismantle the entire program by the end of 2013. in the meantime, kathleen schaefer with fema says her agency's old maps had become just that, old and outdated. >> the old maps were hard to use. they were hard to access. and they were expensive to update. we converted them to a digital format to make them compatible with many of the digital products like google earth and some of the things that we have kind of come to accept i
she and others feel fema is looking for more money. >> it says, right on fema's website, you can go ahead and fight this but you must have your insurance in place while you do. >> reporter: wow. >> that's what it's all about revenue generation. >> reporter: fema says, not so. >> we have a few years like katrina that affect it, but if you disregard katrina which is a major event, on the average, the amount of money coming in equals the amount of money going out....
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she and others feel fema is looking for more money. >> it says right on fema's website, you can go ahead and fight this but you must have your insurance in place while you do. >> wow. >> that's what it's all about revenue generation. >> reporter: fema says not so. >> we have a few years like katrina that affect it. but if you disregard katrina, which is a major event, on the average, the amount of money coming in equals the amount of money going out. >> reporter: but at the moment, fema's national flood insurance program is almost $20 billion in debt. while congress has extended the program until september of this year, there is an effort in washington to dismantle the entire program by the end of 2013. this is meantime, catlin schaefer with fema says her agency's old maps had become just that, old and outdated. >> the old maps were hard to use. they were hard to access. and they were expensive to update. we converted them to a digital format to make them compatible with many of the digital products like google earth and some of the things that we have come to accept in today's world. >>
she and others feel fema is looking for more money. >> it says right on fema's website, you can go ahead and fight this but you must have your insurance in place while you do. >> wow. >> that's what it's all about revenue generation. >> reporter: fema says not so. >> we have a few years like katrina that affect it. but if you disregard katrina, which is a major event, on the average, the amount of money coming in equals the amount of money going out. >>...
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by and large the area in the creek area was marked as a high flood zone on the fema map. >> reporter: but property owners in the bay area including janet ashley who lives on a creek in santa cruz county never needed flood insurance. janet points out, she didn't live in a flood zone. >> because fema is steaming rolling over every homeowner. >> reporter: until now. >> so i live in a canyon midway between the top and the bottom so at the bottom here is the road, in and out of the canyon, and right by road is a little creek that dries up during the summer. > let's go. >> reporter: in early may, santa cruz county notified janet ashley that fema was updating all its flood insurance maps nationwide and that she is in a special flood hazard area. see doesn't agree. >> some guy would float by with an ark and a lot of animals before that much water could come and take my house off the hill. but because my property butts up, the tail end touches that creek, i'm on the map. >> reporter: insurance agent gary churchill has been trying to explain the process to many of his clients. >> there are some
by and large the area in the creek area was marked as a high flood zone on the fema map. >> reporter: but property owners in the bay area including janet ashley who lives on a creek in santa cruz county never needed flood insurance. janet points out, she didn't live in a flood zone. >> because fema is steaming rolling over every homeowner. >> reporter: until now. >> so i live in a canyon midway between the top and the bottom so at the bottom here is the road, in and out...
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fema admitted they used infooror mapping methods for some portions. it forces many citizens into 500 or 1500 -- or 100 year flood mains. they have to buy costly insurance they may not mean. it runs $100 a year for the first year or two, but then it jumps to $50,000 -- to $5,000 annually. homeowners shouldn't get stuck with this bill, these extraordinary costs, when it may be a mapping area when the agency admits they used infooror methods. they reinstate the technical mapping advisory council. this bill works to bring the national flood insurance program out of the red while allowing communities more local input on their flood plans and time to adjust should they be designated a high risk area. i urge my colleagues to approve the rule and the underlying bill so we may change this program in a fiscally -- fiscally responsible and born way. the speaker: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentleman from oregon coming to speak about this bill and also his strong leadership in issues that deal directly with our nation and to keep us f
fema admitted they used infooror mapping methods for some portions. it forces many citizens into 500 or 1500 -- or 100 year flood mains. they have to buy costly insurance they may not mean. it runs $100 a year for the first year or two, but then it jumps to $50,000 -- to $5,000 annually. homeowners shouldn't get stuck with this bill, these extraordinary costs, when it may be a mapping area when the agency admits they used infooror methods. they reinstate the technical mapping advisory council....
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and fema evaluate the feasibility of voluntary community-based flood insurance. and, fourth, the bill reiterates fema's existing authority to purchase free insurance from the private sector as an alternative to the u.s. treasury and taxpayers serving as a backstop to nfib. and finally the bill addresses many of the concerns that members have raised with us about new maps, especially as they relate to the dam and levee dessertfications. it allows communities to suspend the requirement to purchase flood insurance while they work to construct or fix their flood protection systems. madam chairman, when congress created nfib, there was no flood insurance market. taxpayers were providing increasingly amounts of direct assistance to disaster relief to flood victims. without reforms contained in this bill, taxpayers will never be able to pay back the debt they are owed, homeowners and businesses will have limited or no access to flood insurance and congress will inevitably have to bail out flood disaster victims as it did prior to 1968. we cannot allow this to happen. th
and fema evaluate the feasibility of voluntary community-based flood insurance. and, fourth, the bill reiterates fema's existing authority to purchase free insurance from the private sector as an alternative to the u.s. treasury and taxpayers serving as a backstop to nfib. and finally the bill addresses many of the concerns that members have raised with us about new maps, especially as they relate to the dam and levee dessertfications. it allows communities to suspend the requirement to...
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i don't think we ever got fema to do the declaration. we tried and tried and tried. it was frustrating because we could never get a real handle on what is the criteria, you know, who is saying no and why. it was difficult. so i'm curious to read the rest of the panel, to hear your perspective on that disaster declaration process. can we streamline it? can we make it more transparent or better in some way? i don't know if you firsthand experience with the. why don't we start with you and go on down the line. >> thank you, senator pryor. it's interesting you mentioned that snippet at the top are still working for governor beebe but i sat on the board on behalf of him with the other governors. one of the things we recognize turn the process, although we never received the declaration for several reasons and would try to mitigate as much as possible, david was leading the way and still does that today, a great job i might add. one of the things were able to do because the response framework that we had it not necessarily have structures in place, or programs in place to
i don't think we ever got fema to do the declaration. we tried and tried and tried. it was frustrating because we could never get a real handle on what is the criteria, you know, who is saying no and why. it was difficult. so i'm curious to read the rest of the panel, to hear your perspective on that disaster declaration process. can we streamline it? can we make it more transparent or better in some way? i don't know if you firsthand experience with the. why don't we start with you and go on...
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after hurricane katrina, the mainstream media piled on fema for its failure to respond to the crisis. and the federal government did a lousy job. but it was fox news that started reporting on the failure of the first responders, the city of new orleans and the state of louisiana to help people. yes, we reported fema's problems but we also told the other side of the story. >> jon: that's your example? you had a week to prepare an example and you came up with in 2005 everyone was (beep) on the republicans and we made sure they understood that local louisiana democrats (beep) too. i mean, just out of curiosity in your week of digging for that, did you find it on thursday or friday or was it broadcast news where joan sprinted in during the show countdown, "i found one." here's what i'll do. i'll find something. here's what i'll do. i'll find something maybe more from the recent past that i think tells the fuller story. it's not crazy. mother says i'm crazy to have these books but i don't think it's crazy. i think it's smart to have these books. here's one. here's one. brett bear's show. t
after hurricane katrina, the mainstream media piled on fema for its failure to respond to the crisis. and the federal government did a lousy job. but it was fox news that started reporting on the failure of the first responders, the city of new orleans and the state of louisiana to help people. yes, we reported fema's problems but we also told the other side of the story. >> jon: that's your example? you had a week to prepare an example and you came up with in 2005 everyone was (beep) on...
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disaster response and preparedness, inside fema alone , inside fema alone we have 17 different programs. inside that one agency which is part of the department of homeland security. i asked the question why? why has it been a priority for us to work on those? why would you do? a senator: would the senator be willing to yield for a colloquy? it may surprise the senator, i hope not. but it might surprise some people listening to this. mr. kerry: to hear from this have side of the aisle a lot of people here have enormous respect for what the senator has been talking about and fighting for and what he has achieved. and i might add he is one of those courageous senators who has come together in the last months, working months as part of the so-called gang of six, to try to bridge the gap here. and see if we can't find a way forward. and as i listened to him, there's an enormous amount of common sense in the questions that he's asking. these are questions all of us need to join into, and we need to join into them in a process that allows us to be able to fairly and in a balanced way work on t
disaster response and preparedness, inside fema alone , inside fema alone we have 17 different programs. inside that one agency which is part of the department of homeland security. i asked the question why? why has it been a priority for us to work on those? why would you do? a senator: would the senator be willing to yield for a colloquy? it may surprise the senator, i hope not. but it might surprise some people listening to this. mr. kerry: to hear from this have side of the aisle a lot of...
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. >>> santa cruz county was hard hit by storms last spring, but fema refused disaster aid. now the county and state that produced a video they hope will convince federal officials that aid is needed. this video was produced by cal ema and it shows how extensive the damage was, including that rock slide you saw and the extensive flooding. santa cruz county sustained about $19 million in damage. >> one thing to describe the impacts on paper and a letter, it's a different thing to show it on video, hear from the people directly impacted and see real world footage of the disaster happening before your eyes. >> the state is contesting a key point of fema's denial that the damage was caused by three separate storms. in the video, a national weather service meteorologist discusses how california was hit by what's called an atmospheric river and was one single event. >> all right, we're going to take a look ahead at our forecast for a morning and the rest of the week. >> highs across the bay area expand anywhere from 66 degrees in san francisco to 89 degrees in morgan hill. this is
. >>> santa cruz county was hard hit by storms last spring, but fema refused disaster aid. now the county and state that produced a video they hope will convince federal officials that aid is needed. this video was produced by cal ema and it shows how extensive the damage was, including that rock slide you saw and the extensive flooding. santa cruz county sustained about $19 million in damage. >> one thing to describe the impacts on paper and a letter, it's a different thing to...
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fema denied the governor's disaster declaration. the state appealing that decision and using this documentary to help in its case. fema has 30 days to respond. >>> it looks like getting a job in california isn't getting any easier for some. the long-term jobless rate is edging up in the golden state. in fact, it's the fastest growing segment among california's more than two million people who are out of work. more than 700,000 people haven't worked for over a year now. most have run out of benefits or will very soon. california employment leaders say they've seen firsthand how frustrating it is for people who want to work but haven't been able to find a job in a long time. >> first of all we try to make sure that they're well aware of the social services available within their own communities. but we encourage them as well to come into centers like this one where we can kind of assess their skills and maybe gets a sense for if -- get a sense for if they might need to shift gears, transfer skills to something similar where there is m
fema denied the governor's disaster declaration. the state appealing that decision and using this documentary to help in its case. fema has 30 days to respond. >>> it looks like getting a job in california isn't getting any easier for some. the long-term jobless rate is edging up in the golden state. in fact, it's the fastest growing segment among california's more than two million people who are out of work. more than 700,000 people haven't worked for over a year now. most have run...
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. >> reporter: the state filed its formal appeal with fema just over a week ago. along with the video, fema now has 30 days from the date to issue a formal response. live in capitola, mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> and roberta has been monitoring winds in fairfield. >> macro plastics at 1:00 this afternoon the fire was burning out of control. to give you proximity this particular corporation which builds plastic bins, containers, nothing inside, they are the bins themselves, it's located about 11 kilometers from travis air force base. you notice dry vegetation there. so any fire has a lot of room to grow we are thinking the plume made it up to 9,000 feet in elevation. the inversion layer is 2,000 feet when it could start to disperse. pollutants could be trapped at the service. we still have a "shelter in place" for at least a mile radius in place in case you suffer from any kind of respiratory ailments. take it slow tonight. but meanwhile, as we watch this plume as it continues to travel with the evening winds, the winds are projected to blow out of the south and the west
. >> reporter: the state filed its formal appeal with fema just over a week ago. along with the video, fema now has 30 days from the date to issue a formal response. live in capitola, mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> and roberta has been monitoring winds in fairfield. >> macro plastics at 1:00 this afternoon the fire was burning out of control. to give you proximity this particular corporation which builds plastic bins, containers, nothing inside, they are the bins themselves, it's...
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. >>> santa cruz county was hard hit by storms last spring but fema refuses disaster aid. now the county and state have produced a video they hope will convince federal officials that aid is needed. the video was produced by cal ima and shows how extensive the rock slides and flooding were. santa cruz county sustained about $19 million in damage. >> it's one thing to describe the impacts on paper in a letter. it's an entirely different thing to show it on video hear from the people directly impacted and actually see real- world footage of the disaster happening before your eyes. >> the state is conducting a key -- contesting a key point of fema's denial that it was hit by three different storms. meteorologists discuss how california was hit by an atmospheric river, one single event. >>> millions of airline passengers may be entitled to refunds up to $50 and more. several taxes on airlines expired on friday because the faa reauthorization bill was not passed. if you paid those taxes you're entitled to a refund. purchasing them during the legislative lapse doesn't guarantee
. >>> santa cruz county was hard hit by storms last spring but fema refuses disaster aid. now the county and state have produced a video they hope will convince federal officials that aid is needed. the video was produced by cal ima and shows how extensive the rock slides and flooding were. santa cruz county sustained about $19 million in damage. >> it's one thing to describe the impacts on paper in a letter. it's an entirely different thing to show it on video hear from the...
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a $15 million fema grant helped the department pay for the rehires. >>> saveway just lost a fight to sell cigarettes in san francisco. a federal judge dismissed the suit that argued grocery stores have a constitutional right to sell smokes. the city's ban on cigarette sale at drugstores originally excluded grocery stores that included pharmacies but now the law has been extended because it violated constitutional equal protection guarantees. >>> the clock is ticking for congress. they have yet to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. if they can't meet the deadline, it's the first time the lust default on the loans. we are expecting a new plan to be unvailed this weekend. tomorrow, she's a free woman. that's when casey anthony will be released from jail. she was acquitted last week of murdering her daughter, but she was found guilty on four counts lying to police. >>> rupert murdoch is apologizing. the chairman of news corporation signed a pull page -- full page apology that acknowledges serious wrong doing. >>> government debt problems are having an effect on the money as ex
a $15 million fema grant helped the department pay for the rehires. >>> saveway just lost a fight to sell cigarettes in san francisco. a federal judge dismissed the suit that argued grocery stores have a constitutional right to sell smokes. the city's ban on cigarette sale at drugstores originally excluded grocery stores that included pharmacies but now the law has been extended because it violated constitutional equal protection guarantees. >>> the clock is ticking for...
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fema is not going to do that for you. and that was just a spontaneous effort. now it has expanded around the world. this came out of burning man, this wild, crazy party. >> let us start over here with a question. >> i would like to ask a question about dpw. the people that build infrastructure. i want to know why they do not get workers' comp when they are injured. >> of course they do. who told you they did not? >> my friends who work for dpw. they did not have insurance. >> we have workers' comp. i assure you, they are wrong. once in awhile, an employer will claim workers, for something that did not happen on the job. there have been a couple of incidents like that. there could have been discontent over that. of course we have workers caught. ask them again. when did they work for dpw? >> one of them just tweeted me the question. >> my name is anne marie. i represent in north of market community benefit district, the tenderloin. we are very excited to have your company coming in. just talking about the burning man twist, that is an interesting phrase. this ma
fema is not going to do that for you. and that was just a spontaneous effort. now it has expanded around the world. this came out of burning man, this wild, crazy party. >> let us start over here with a question. >> i would like to ask a question about dpw. the people that build infrastructure. i want to know why they do not get workers' comp when they are injured. >> of course they do. who told you they did not? >> my friends who work for dpw. they did not have...
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. >> me ayudaron en dos ocasiones fema. las demÁs, me ha costado a mÍ en uno me costÓ refinanciar mi casa o para sacar dinero para volverla a reparar. y las prÓximas... de mi bolsa cuÁl. >> afirman que el problema es por un lago cercano. >> que nos ayuden, que tapen el lago, no sÉ. tienen que hacer algo. esto es cada aÑo. >> pero la realidad es que cuando cae tanta agua del cielo tan rÁpido no hay sistema de drenaje que pueda absorhaberla por lo que en distintos puntos calles fueron una trampa para coches que se quedaron, partes de autopista tuvieron que cerrarse e incluso iglesias como esta, quedaron literalmente bajo el agua. >> una intensa ola de calor que ha provocado 22 muertes se extendiÓ en el noreste del paÍs. causÓ cortes de electricidad debido al masivo uso de aires acondicionados. 50 de las 70 piscinas organizaron turnos para darle todo el mundo la oportunidad de refrescarse. y muchos residentes de nueva york acudieron a las playas en busca del chapuzÓn. ptbi ahora vamos a mÉxico donde el ejÉrcito s
. >> me ayudaron en dos ocasiones fema. las demÁs, me ha costado a mÍ en uno me costÓ refinanciar mi casa o para sacar dinero para volverla a reparar. y las prÓximas... de mi bolsa cuÁl. >> afirman que el problema es por un lago cercano. >> que nos ayuden, que tapen el lago, no sÉ. tienen que hacer algo. esto es cada aÑo. >> pero la realidad es que cuando cae tanta agua del cielo tan rÁpido no hay sistema de drenaje que pueda absorhaberla por lo que en distintos...
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---la recontratacio n fue posible gracias a fondos federales otorgados por la agencia "fema" take sot sot señor dice: "muy orgulloso, de tener un hijo que trabaja por el departamento que, uh, yo he trabajado por 25 años y el va a trabajar unos 30 años si dios quiere." in: 00;25;04;22 out: 00;25;19;03 vo ---las plazas restantes de las 49 originalmente eliminadas seran llenadas por bomberos de otras ciudades que pidan ser transferidos al departamento de bomberos de san jose... cu - bump out ---es tiempo de cortes comerciales, pero mas adelante.. take vo ---el cierre de una autopista en los angeles podria tener impacto en nuestra region... sot señora dice: "o por enfermedad o por lo que sea, aprovechen todo lo que la ciencia nos pueda dar." in: 00;02;09;21 out: 00;02;15;10 vo ---le explicaremos como funciona un programa estatal que le da telefonos gratis a personas mayores de edad con necesidades especiales... sot señor dice: "suben a estas embarcaciones a el numero máximo de personas." in: 00;00;20;08 out: 00;00;23;19 vo ---el aumento de patrullaje en la frontera con mexico ha obl
---la recontratacio n fue posible gracias a fondos federales otorgados por la agencia "fema" take sot sot señor dice: "muy orgulloso, de tener un hijo que trabaja por el departamento que, uh, yo he trabajado por 25 años y el va a trabajar unos 30 años si dios quiere." in: 00;25;04;22 out: 00;25;19;03 vo ---las plazas restantes de las 49 originalmente eliminadas seran llenadas por bomberos de otras ciudades que pidan ser transferidos al departamento de bomberos de san...
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. >> budget cuts for san jose to lay off 49 firefighters last year, up a fema helped the department pay for the rehires. >> other headlines making news around the bay area, expect a longer wait around san francisco courthouses. layoff notices are going to 200 workers on monday. sighful courts will take a much longer hit than the tickets go on. it could a year and a half. civil lawsuits could take up to five years just to get a trig date. police say the woman who's burning body was found in oakland was a 21-year-old mother from union city. the body of monica rotus was discovered early thursday morning. the homeys empowerment program is holding a car wash at oakland's money to help pay for the funeral. >>> and san bruno police are looking for whoever vandalized dozens of cars. it happened in the rolly view neighborhood. bent antennas. so far, there are suspects. >>> it's a stretch of bay area road so dangerous, the hoe federal is calling it blood ail lee. lean jr. mark with the harsh penalties to make that road safer. >> the chp refers to that as blood alley. >> stretches for 17 miles bet
. >> budget cuts for san jose to lay off 49 firefighters last year, up a fema helped the department pay for the rehires. >> other headlines making news around the bay area, expect a longer wait around san francisco courthouses. layoff notices are going to 200 workers on monday. sighful courts will take a much longer hit than the tickets go on. it could a year and a half. civil lawsuits could take up to five years just to get a trig date. police say the woman who's burning body was...
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they were reinstated thanks to a $15 million grant from fema. 49 firefighters were laid off last year. only 22 accepted the offer to return. 26 have found other jobs. san jose fire chief says the grant and additional staffing will improve service in the city. >> staffing here in san jose is bee will he what i believe it should be. if you look at community, popular and activity, demographics wex need meefr firefighters. >> the firefighters will go through an 8 week refresher course starting on monday. >> and there is still no agreement tonight on-to-raise the country's debt ceiling. the president held a news conference, challenging congress to do something fwoig reduce deficits. >> there is a unique opportunity to do something big wex have a chance to stabilize american finances for a decade. orp 15 years or 0 years. >> republicans will have offered serious proposals to cut spending. i think it's time for testimonies to get serious. >> and house republicans plan to vote on legislation tomorrow allow more boroughing if congress approves an amendment. some senate leaders are working on a
they were reinstated thanks to a $15 million grant from fema. 49 firefighters were laid off last year. only 22 accepted the offer to return. 26 have found other jobs. san jose fire chief says the grant and additional staffing will improve service in the city. >> staffing here in san jose is bee will he what i believe it should be. if you look at community, popular and activity, demographics wex need meefr firefighters. >> the firefighters will go through an 8 week refresher course...
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what it is fema does. fema does not show up and save your butt. it's still the local fire department that does that, and i think that's what you guys ought to be doing. >> okay. is that it? >> anything else? [applause] that was great. thank you. >> before michael leaves, i'm going to present him with a national press club mug, so in any tsa this is all you will need. [laughter] this is all you'll need to get you through. we so enjoyed -- >> [inaudible] >> it's great. we so enjoyed having you, thank you so much. it was just a wonderful presentation. there you are. good night, everybody. >> thank you all for coming out. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> that was michael brown, former director of the federal emergency management agencies. for more information visit michaelbrowntoday.com. >> it takes a behind the stacks look, says broadcasting and cable. the l.a. times calls it required tv viewing. and it solves some mysteries that even nicolas cage can't conjure. c-span's original documentary, the library of congress: behind the scenes of the w
what it is fema does. fema does not show up and save your butt. it's still the local fire department that does that, and i think that's what you guys ought to be doing. >> okay. is that it? >> anything else? [applause] that was great. thank you. >> before michael leaves, i'm going to present him with a national press club mug, so in any tsa this is all you will need. [laughter] this is all you'll need to get you through. we so enjoyed -- >> [inaudible] >> it's...
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a $15 million fema grant helped the department pay for those rehires. >>> the woman whose burning body was found in oakland was a 21-year-old mother from union city. the body of monica was discovered in the rock ridge neighborhood early thursday morning. police say that she appeared to have suffered trauma before her body was burned. the homes empowerment program is holding a car wash this sunday at oakland's east lake y to raise money for the lady's funeral. and they want to set up a trust fund for her one-year-old son. contributions of the gay community are hoping voters will overturn that legislation. conservative organization based in sacramento called the capital resource institute filed documents today to start a voter referendum against that law. the group will have to collect nearly a half a million signatures to get it on the ballot. governor brown signed the bill into law yesterday. it is set to take effect on january 1. venal for the first time in six days, there was no meeting at the white house today among lawmakers trying to find a way to head off a u.s. government defaul
a $15 million fema grant helped the department pay for those rehires. >>> the woman whose burning body was found in oakland was a 21-year-old mother from union city. the body of monica was discovered in the rock ridge neighborhood early thursday morning. police say that she appeared to have suffered trauma before her body was burned. the homes empowerment program is holding a car wash this sunday at oakland's east lake y to raise money for the lady's funeral. and they want to set up a...
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---la re-contratacion fue posible gracias a fondos federales otorgados por la agencia "fema". take sot sot señor dice: "muy orgulloso, de tener un hijo que trabaja por el departamento que, uh, yo he trabajado por 25 años y el va a trabajar unos 30 años si dios quiere." vo ---las plazas restantes de las 49 originalmente eliminadas seran ocupadas por bomberos de otras ciudades que pidan ser transferidos al departamento de bomberos de san jose. cu ---en el area de los angeles, sus residentes van a tener que planear con tiempo, evadir el area o mejor quedarse en casa por que la autopista 405, una de las principales vias de comunicacion entre el norte y sur de los angeles que corre hacia el oeste fue cerrada esta noche y estar asi por todo el fin de semana por que..... take vo .....empleados de caltrans estan trabajando en la demolicin de un puente para ampliar la autopista hacia el norte de la interseccion de la autopista interestatal 10, un proyecto que consta de 10 millas y que afectar a aproximadame nte medio millon de conductores. ---la carretera ser reabierta el lunes a la
---la re-contratacion fue posible gracias a fondos federales otorgados por la agencia "fema". take sot sot señor dice: "muy orgulloso, de tener un hijo que trabaja por el departamento que, uh, yo he trabajado por 25 años y el va a trabajar unos 30 años si dios quiere." vo ---las plazas restantes de las 49 originalmente eliminadas seran ocupadas por bomberos de otras ciudades que pidan ser transferidos al departamento de bomberos de san jose. cu ---en el area de los...
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this reinstatement ceremony could not have taken place without a 15 million dollar grant by fema. at the department's peak last year it had 655 firefighters but the rehires numbers back near 650. not enough to provide a level of service the city as large as san jose deserves according to the chief but it is a start. >> i felt like last year we should have been able to find a way to avoid this and we weren't able to do it. it is a great feeling to be able to invite them back and they were able to come back. >> it is amazing to put back on my uniform, a smile from ear to ear. >> reporter: he dabbled in other jobs while keeping an eye on this job. >> i have an opportunity to provide the city with a service and i feel great for the citizens of san jose, i feel like they have their fire department you know definitely back. >> reporter: almost back, the green line hasn't been given just yet to hire the 27 other firefighter positions which make up the 49 lost last year, some firefighters had to turn down the call back because of prior commitments, for those able to return today getting t
this reinstatement ceremony could not have taken place without a 15 million dollar grant by fema. at the department's peak last year it had 655 firefighters but the rehires numbers back near 650. not enough to provide a level of service the city as large as san jose deserves according to the chief but it is a start. >> i felt like last year we should have been able to find a way to avoid this and we weren't able to do it. it is a great feeling to be able to invite them back and they were...
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fema must respond within 30 days. reporting live in capitola, i'm mark sayre cbs 5. >>> we are going to check with roberta now and look on the fairfield fire. >> macro plastics, located about 7 miles just outside of travis air force base, we started to see this fire contained and now we are seeing a bit of a flare-up again, a place flare-up actually probably as a result of the winds blowing west-southwest. at times some gusts up to 20 miles per hour a sustained wind now at 13 miles per hour due west. as evening progresses, these winds are continuing to blow up to a good 20 miles per hour and at that particular speed it looks like we could see the plume of smoke or at least some of the lingering smoke and also the smell, the odor of the plastic, reach sacramento a good 31 miles away. meanwhile, we currently have the air temperature there at 86 degrees. and the winds will continue to blow and again to dial back later on in the evening hours. meanwhile, let's take a look at your forecast. it looks like we do have the fog
fema must respond within 30 days. reporting live in capitola, i'm mark sayre cbs 5. >>> we are going to check with roberta now and look on the fairfield fire. >> macro plastics, located about 7 miles just outside of travis air force base, we started to see this fire contained and now we are seeing a bit of a flare-up again, a place flare-up actually probably as a result of the winds blowing west-southwest. at times some gusts up to 20 miles per hour a sustained wind now at 13...
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> almost two dozen san jose firefighters will return to the department today thanks to a grant from fema and the homeland security department, 22 firefighters will begin retraining today. they were among 49 laid off last august because of budget cuts. the firefighters will undergo about six weeks of retraining before they return to work. >> and an update for the layoffs in the san jose police department. the "mercury news" says more than half of the officers laid off already have jobs with other agencies. many picked up by the santa clara, santa cruz and san leandro police departments. some are working for google security. the sjpd is down to 1100 officers, it had about as many as it had in the late 80s despite the fact the population has increased by about 25% since then. >> let's check in with rob mayeda. good morning. >> good morning, scott. a nice start to the morning. not a lot of low clouds inland so we don't have the low clouds which normally could slow your commute especially around 17, mostly of the low clouds offshore. 50s now, a sea breeze will keep our temperatures running be
> almost two dozen san jose firefighters will return to the department today thanks to a grant from fema and the homeland security department, 22 firefighters will begin retraining today. they were among 49 laid off last august because of budget cuts. the firefighters will undergo about six weeks of retraining before they return to work. >> and an update for the layoffs in the san jose police department. the "mercury news" says more than half of the officers laid off already...
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fema has not been restored to their former cabinet-level status. they are still a part of the department of homeland security. the main difference of fema today, to go back to your idea of good government and high- performance government, what obama has done instead of appointing cronies like bush did, he went out and got the emergency management director for the state of florida. for the state of florida. he has a good respective -- perspective of what it is like to work with fema and now he is the head of it. that is the difference. good government is putting people in position to are competent and nknow when they ae doing. that got passed off to the first bush who just kind of let it flounder until 1992 when we had hurricane andrew. then there realized we are actually needed it. then you had clinton who also took it seriously. he appointed someone who made a professional organization. then bush 2 came in and was opposed to the idea of fema and appointed his cronies and then we actually need it again. host: we will leave it there. paul light. gue
fema has not been restored to their former cabinet-level status. they are still a part of the department of homeland security. the main difference of fema today, to go back to your idea of good government and high- performance government, what obama has done instead of appointing cronies like bush did, he went out and got the emergency management director for the state of florida. for the state of florida. he has a good respective -- perspective of what it is like to work with fema and now he...
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a two-year grant from fema to help the laid-off firefighters. >> i tell you, the organization needs you, we're happy to have you here. >> reporter: so was this 10-year-old, happy because her daddy is a fireman again. and even though is only a two-year federal grant, everyone here hopes that through attrition these firefighters can keep their badges permanently -- and get this -- the other 27 laid-off firefighters got jobs elsewhere. so now san jose is hiring. live in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> new at 5:00, an update on a gruesome story out of the east bay. we now know the name of the woman whose body was found burning in the middle of a quiet street. the alameda county medical examiner's office says she is 21-year-old monica rores alferro of union city. her body was found yesterday on ivan hoe road in oakland's exclusive rock ridge neighborhood. she was most likely killed somewhere else, then taken to the rock -- the neighborhood and lit on fire. officers say the suspects probably chose the neighborhood just because it is secluded and dark during those hour
a two-year grant from fema to help the laid-off firefighters. >> i tell you, the organization needs you, we're happy to have you here. >> reporter: so was this 10-year-old, happy because her daddy is a fireman again. and even though is only a two-year federal grant, everyone here hopes that through attrition these firefighters can keep their badges permanently -- and get this -- the other 27 laid-off firefighters got jobs elsewhere. so now san jose is hiring. live in san jose, nbc...
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a $15 million fema grant helped the department pay for the hires. budget cuts forced san jose to lay off a total of 49 firefighters last year. >>> next, packed and nowhere to go. the search for the agent accused of taking would have been travelers for a -- would- be travelers for a ride. >>> save your gas and stay at home. the traffic nightmare about to descend on l.a. >>> only takes them about 30 seconds. >> and you're left with a red bump. what makes some people more prone to blood sucking mosquitos. ,,,,,,,, police in san jose say the agent took off after taking an untold number of would- be travelers >>> a south bay travel agent is on the lam. san jose police say the agent took off after taking an untold number of would-be travelers for a ride. on the consumerwatch, julie watts has the details on the alleged scam that victimized one community. julie, tell us all about it. >> reporter: you know, police, they call it a scam. but those in the industry call it an ethnic bustout. an all-too-common practice where so-called travel agents prey on unsusp
a $15 million fema grant helped the department pay for the hires. budget cuts forced san jose to lay off a total of 49 firefighters last year. >>> next, packed and nowhere to go. the search for the agent accused of taking would have been travelers for a -- would- be travelers for a ride. >>> save your gas and stay at home. the traffic nightmare about to descend on l.a. >>> only takes them about 30 seconds. >> and you're left with a red bump. what makes some...
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disaster response and preparedness, inside fema alone , inside fema alone we have 17 different programs. inside that one ancy which is part of the department of homeland security. i asked the question why? why has it been a priority for us to work on those? why would you do? a senator: would the senator be willing to yield for a colloquy? it may surprise the senator, i hope not. but it might surprise some people listening to this. mr. kerry: to hear from this have side of the aisle a lot of people here have enormous respect for what the senator has been talking about and fighting for and what he has achieved. and i might add he is one of those courageous senators who has come together in the last months, working months as part of the so-called gang of six, to try to bridge the gap here. and see if we can't find a way forward. and as i listened to him, there's an enormous amount of common sense in the questions that he's asking. these are questions all of us need to join into, and we need to join into them in a process that allows us to be able to fairly and in a balanced way work on the
disaster response and preparedness, inside fema alone , inside fema alone we have 17 different programs. inside that one ancy which is part of the department of homeland security. i asked the question why? why has it been a priority for us to work on those? why would you do? a senator: would the senator be willing to yield for a colloquy? it may surprise the senator, i hope not. but it might surprise some people listening to this. mr. kerry: to hear from this have side of the aisle a lot of...
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on the behest of murdoch and it collusion that is again completely and fema to the sense of fair play and democracy in the marketplace again it's a fraud it's perpetuating a fraud and let me just put make a little side here the who's the biggest shareholder to come to defense on day one but saudi prince who's a big shareholder and of course the saudi arabia's a perfect example there is a country that's completely in the throes of a dictatorship or pernicious dictatorship portly the wealth and income gap is probably one of the highest in the world that's what the murdoch's aspire to they the spire to lords in service they speier to the divine right of schlepped cannot keep dictators well going back to the story about hedge funds ditching the shares and selling them to institutional investors institutional investors are also of course the passive funds of the pension funds so these once again all the risk all of the toxic waste all of the fraud all of the bad stuff gets dumped onto passive investors us chunks whether we're you know taxpayers or peasants in these this oligarchic system w
on the behest of murdoch and it collusion that is again completely and fema to the sense of fair play and democracy in the marketplace again it's a fraud it's perpetuating a fraud and let me just put make a little side here the who's the biggest shareholder to come to defense on day one but saudi prince who's a big shareholder and of course the saudi arabia's a perfect example there is a country that's completely in the throes of a dictatorship or pernicious dictatorship portly the wealth and...
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but it took me back to katrina and fema's head man michael "you're doing a heck of a job" brown, who got advice from his p.r. people to roll up his sleeves during tv interviews so people would think he was working hard. here is a free tip to the president's aides: how people regard the president will depend how this crisis comes out. good policy always trumps bad public relations. and the best pr can't trump bad policy. whether or not the president is sleeping well won't be a fact your in his reelection. that will depend on what he does while he's awake. back in a minute. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. >> schieffer: well, that's all the time we have for today. thanks for watching and stay tuned to cbs news for t
but it took me back to katrina and fema's head man michael "you're doing a heck of a job" brown, who got advice from his p.r. people to roll up his sleeves during tv interviews so people would think he was working hard. here is a free tip to the president's aides: how people regard the president will depend how this crisis comes out. good policy always trumps bad public relations. and the best pr can't trump bad policy. whether or not the president is sleeping well won't be a fact...
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. >> fema is just steamrolling over every homeowner. >> these neighbors say it's a ripoff but the feds say its for their own good. the new rules costing bay area homeowners. >>> they keep going up. >> sticker shock at the grocery store. what's driving up prices? and why you might save money by dining out. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. >>> we begin with breaking news tonight. crews are battling a fire that has ripped through more than 1050 acres in less -- 150 acres
. >> fema is just steamrolling over every homeowner. >> these neighbors say it's a ripoff but the feds say its for their own good. the new rules costing bay area homeowners. >>> they keep going up. >> sticker shock at the grocery store. what's driving up prices? and why you might save money by dining out. >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. >>> we begin with breaking news tonight. crews are battling a fire that has ripped...
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some of those fire department-- grant from fema and of the apartment of polenta security. rob fladeboe explains the department of homeland's security. and fema-a-to help the san jose fire department. >> putting laid off firefighters back into the workforce. >> it is a dream. it is a calling. i am so glad that they wanted a loss bac us fact f the apartment was able to reach fire protection standards the department was able to reach fire department standards and response time. getting it back here was a great experience. >> many of this retraining was required and not a minute too soon. >> we are sad because i grew up here and this is the place for i wanted to be. this is where i want to work. i was hired and in different district but i came back. this is where i grew up. this is where my family is. this is where i want to be. reporting, kron 4 news. >> certain the city employes are still being let go. >> 20 055 and giving back money to try to avoid ever since 2005--by have been giving back money but as i reached my 38 year toward instead of getting anything i got a pink sli
some of those fire department-- grant from fema and of the apartment of polenta security. rob fladeboe explains the department of homeland's security. and fema-a-to help the san jose fire department. >> putting laid off firefighters back into the workforce. >> it is a dream. it is a calling. i am so glad that they wanted a loss bac us fact f the apartment was able to reach fire protection standards the department was able to reach fire department standards and response time. getting...
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first step to getting the 22 firefighters back on the job have. 44 have been laid off because of a fema grant they are able to get rehired they're not able to be laid off again for the amount of two more years rob fladeboe joins us live from this meeting on any progress? >> they are, catherine. they are taking testimony from muni representatives for the firefighters and other individuals-the union representatives from the firefighters one other item on the ballot for voters to decide the city is asking to wait and on the issue of " by the arbitration. hazero of her from-hit the city wants to alter the binding arbitration issue. i can tell you what this is about. this is about minimum staffing levels. right now, there has to be a minimum of 29 in palo alto these series of tight budgets they cannot afford to do that anymore because it is too much overtime this is cannot make ends meet him. by the arbitration try to clean, per to try t solv thi with out the amount of overtime and " a binding arbitration ahoy without jeopardize in the community without risking a loss of service for them had
first step to getting the 22 firefighters back on the job have. 44 have been laid off because of a fema grant they are able to get rehired they're not able to be laid off again for the amount of two more years rob fladeboe joins us live from this meeting on any progress? >> they are, catherine. they are taking testimony from muni representatives for the firefighters and other individuals-the union representatives from the firefighters one other item on the ballot for voters to decide the...
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thanks to a grant from fema and the department of homeland security, 22 firefighters started training again. they were among 49 firefighters laid off last april because of budget cuts. the firefighters will go through about six weeks of retraining before they can return to work. >>> casey anthony remains in hiding after being released from jail in the wee hours of yesterday morning but she could be back in court soon. a bounty hunter from sacramento says he plans to sue casey anthony and her attorney over expenses he racked up searching for anthony's daughter. less thonard padilla said they that caylee was dead but hill hired him to find her. >> not only did he mislead us, he conned us. he did a good job. he knew where the body was all along and she never had been missing and was never lost. >> a legal expert says padilla's claim would be tricky to prove in court and anthony's lawyer could countersue claiming padilla actually profited by being involved in this high-profile case. >>> poor communication between two state agencies is costing california taxpayers tens of millions of dolla
thanks to a grant from fema and the department of homeland security, 22 firefighters started training again. they were among 49 firefighters laid off last april because of budget cuts. the firefighters will go through about six weeks of retraining before they can return to work. >>> casey anthony remains in hiding after being released from jail in the wee hours of yesterday morning but she could be back in court soon. a bounty hunter from sacramento says he plans to sue casey anthony...
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the former director of fema is one of the authors along with ted shorts. who is in different during training? >> everyone. all levels of government or indifferent. the citizens were in different. at think the media was indifferent. we are all in different to the difference, all the different aspects of the crisis that came together. this is my perspective, the perspective of the last person, the only person who has talked about what happened, the guy at the center of the controversy. this is my perspective. >> what would you have done differently? >> the way we communicated. we always use as a phenomenon, the talking points. the talking points were accurate. the talking points were out of context. i just crumpled of those talking points and said, yes, we are doing x, y, and see, but that is not enough. two things would have happened. the media and public would have gotten in the cap and the administration would have said, oh, my gosh. we have to help of more the more we are doing now. >> second subtitle, the bush white house and the arms. how is it in diff
the former director of fema is one of the authors along with ted shorts. who is in different during training? >> everyone. all levels of government or indifferent. the citizens were in different. at think the media was indifferent. we are all in different to the difference, all the different aspects of the crisis that came together. this is my perspective, the perspective of the last person, the only person who has talked about what happened, the guy at the center of the controversy. this...
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the new class at academy was made possible by grants from fema and homeland security. the funding ensures they will be back on the job for two years. they are expected to return late next month. >> chlorox turned down a take over bid. the company said his offer is to low. it is the largest share holder. they are adopting a measure so other share holders can fight off the bid. he has suggested they look to shopping to competition. >>> borders plans to close all stores in united states after nobody stepped forward to buy them. the company said it'll can a judge on thursday to go ahead with plans to liquid ate stores starting friday. employ borders was the second largest bookstore chain in the united states. >>> on wall street stocks fell on concerns of the detect showdown. the dow dropped 94 points, the nasdaqoff 24. >> major layoffs at a giant. what workers said as they left the south bay campus. >> clouds have rolled back. coming up, whether they will stay for tuesday and where we expect temperatures to be warmer. immaterial professional baseball? marin? it could happe
the new class at academy was made possible by grants from fema and homeland security. the funding ensures they will be back on the job for two years. they are expected to return late next month. >> chlorox turned down a take over bid. the company said his offer is to low. it is the largest share holder. they are adopting a measure so other share holders can fight off the bid. he has suggested they look to shopping to competition. >>> borders plans to close all stores in united...
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. >> [ inaudable ] >> fema? >> [ inaudable ] >> anus? >> [ inaudable ] >> anus. does your butt hole hurt? >> evil rises. >> evil rises? oh, i'll go get the bedpan. [ cheers and applause ] what's a matter? you hungry? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ladies and gentlemen, it's time to take a look at stories making headlines today and weigh the good with the bad. it's time for pros and cons. there, we go. ♪ pros and cons and pros and cons and pros ♪ >> jimmy: tonight, we'll be taking a look at pros and cons of pool parties. [ cheers ] yeah. summer is in full swing, lots of people hitting the pools, partying down. so, looks at pros and cons of pool parties. here we go. pro, it's a great way to see your friends and family. con, it's a great way to see your friends and family's nipples. [ laughter ] pro, some guy brought a pool noodle. con, that guy is anthony weiner and that's not a pool noodle. [ laughter and applause ] everybody out! grab that kid, get him out of there! pro, stepping out of the pool and getting compared to michael phelps. con, stepping out of
. >> [ inaudable ] >> fema? >> [ inaudable ] >> anus? >> [ inaudable ] >> anus. does your butt hole hurt? >> evil rises. >> evil rises? oh, i'll go get the bedpan. [ cheers and applause ] what's a matter? you hungry? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ladies and gentlemen, it's time to take a look at stories making headlines today and weigh the good with the bad. it's time for pros and cons. there, we go. ♪ pros and cons and pros and cons...
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the new class at academy was made possible by grants from fema and homeland security. the funding ensures they will be back on the job for two years. they are expected to return late next month. >> chlorox turned down a take over bid. the company said his offer is to low. it is the largest share holder. they are adopting a measure so other share holders can fight off the bid. he has suggested they look to shopping to competition. >>> borders plans to close all stores in united states after nobody stepped forward to buy them. the company said it'll can a judge on thursday to go ahead with plans to liquid ate stores starting friday. employ borders was the second largest bookstore chain in the united states. >>> on wall street stocks fell on concerns of the detect showdown. the dow dropped 94 points, the nasdaqoff 24. >> major layoffs at a giant. what workers said as they left the south bay campus. >> clouds have rolled back. coming up, whether they will stay for tuesday and where we expect temperatures to be warmer. immaterial professional baseball? marin? it could happe
the new class at academy was made possible by grants from fema and homeland security. the funding ensures they will be back on the job for two years. they are expected to return late next month. >> chlorox turned down a take over bid. the company said his offer is to low. it is the largest share holder. they are adopting a measure so other share holders can fight off the bid. he has suggested they look to shopping to competition. >>> borders plans to close all stores in united...